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Union Canal, Avon Aqueduct Milestone
Inscribed Stone (Period Unknown), Milestone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Union Canal, Avon Aqueduct Milestone
Classification Inscribed Stone (Period Unknown), Milestone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Edinburgh And Glasgow Union Canal
Canmore ID 95783
Site Number NS97NE 62.04
NGR NS 9656 7588
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/95783
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Muiravonside
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
Distances on the Union Canal are marked not only at every mile but often at half-mile intervals; a typical milestone being a dressed stone pillar up to 2ft 9in high above an undressed base, square in section and measuring 10in a side. The stones are set with one arris towards the Canal, the distances to Camelon and Edinburgh being incised on the adjacent faces. The one by the W end of the Avon Aqueduct (NS97NE 60) is thus marked 71/2 and 24. Beside this milestone stands a large pillar, marking the division between two stages; this stands 3ft 6in high above its base, measures 13in by 10 1/2in in section and is inscribed DIVISION/ BETWIXT/ THIRD AND/ FOURTH STAGES.
Visited by RCAHMS, 1954
RCAHMS 1963
This milestone, a short distance to the W of the Avon Aqueduct (NS97NE 60), is marked 7 (to Falkirk) and 24 (to Edinburgh). Both faces of the stone can be easily read from the canal as the pointed side faces the waterway.
H Brown 1997.
This milestone on the N bank of the canal, just W of the Avon Aqueduct 9NS97NE 60) is clearly marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Stirlingshire 1865, sheet XXXI) and shows Port Downie seven and a half and Port Hopetoun twenty four. The milestone is also marked on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1989) and on the OS Basic Scale digital map (2000).
Information from RCAHMS (MD) 17 April 2001.
2001 survey photographs stored under ' Union Canal' in the NMRS.
